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The Malwarebytes research team has determined thatGamingHubis abrowser hijacker. These so-called "hijackers" manipulate your browser(s), for example to change your startpage or searchscopes, so that the affected browser visits their site or one of their choice.This one also runs at logon.

How do I know if my computer is affected by GamingHub?

You may see this entry in your list of installed Chrome extensions:

and these warnings during install:

You may see this changed setting:

this new startpage:

and you will see this icon in your Chrome menu-bar:

How did GamingHub get on my computer?

Browser hijackers use different methods for distributing themselves. This particular one was downloaded from their website:

through the webstore:

How do I remove GamingHub?

Our program Malwarebytes can detect and remove this potentially unwanted program.

We hope our application and this guide have helped you eradicate this hijacker.

As you can see below the full version of Malwarebytes would have protected you against the GamingHub hijacker. It would have blocked their website, giving you a chance to stop it before it became too late.